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Music at South Dakota State University

Music at South Dakota State University

If you plan to study music, take a look at what South Dakota State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

South Dakota State is located in Brookings, South Dakota and has a total student population of 11,405.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Music section at the bottom of this page.

South Dakota State Music Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Music

South Dakota State Music Rankings

The music major at South Dakota State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Music. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Music Student Demographics at South Dakota State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the music majors at South Dakota State University.

South Dakota State Music Bachelor’s Program

17% Women
For the most recent academic year available, 83% of music bachelor's degrees went to men and 17% went to women.

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About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music at South Dakota State are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from South Dakota State University with a bachelor's in music.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 5
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Concentrations Within Music

If you plan to be a music major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from South Dakota State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Music 4

Careers That Music Grads May Go Into

A degree in music can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for SD, the home state for South Dakota State University.

Occupation Jobs in SD Average Salary in SD
High School Teachers 3,520 $42,960
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 190 $64,020

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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